short hair and a wrap skirt that could actually show skin.” Following the success of Black Barbie, Perkins developed the first exclusive line of Black dolls for Barbie in 1991. Called Shani and ...

The original plastic Barbie doll wore a black-and-white striped ... Her ability to go from dark brown back to blond hair set unrealistic expectations from hairdressers for decades to come.

A curvy, blue-haired doll that many girls dub ... tree lighting with Santa and Barbie the other day,” says a mom in one of the focus groups. “If a black woman or a redheaded woman or a ...

The expansion of Mattel’s Barbie Cutie Reveal doll line will feature three Care Bears characters: Share Bear, Cheer Bear, and ...